College students have poorer mental health than their peers. Their poorer health conditions
seem to be caused by the greater number of stressors to which they are exposed, which can …

Purpose Although there is considerable evidence that adversities in childhood such as
social deprivation, sexual abuse, separation from parents, neglect and exposure to deviant …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

BackgroundThere is increasing acceptance of migration as a risk factor for schizophrenia
and related disorders; however, the magnitude of the risk among second-generation …

OBJECTIVE: The authors synthesize findings of previous studies implicating migration as a
risk factor for the development of schizophrenia and provide a quantitative index of the …

Autoimmunity, gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and schizophrenia have been associated with
one another for a long time. This paper reviews these connections and provides a context by …

An interdisciplinary interrogation of primary evidence linking social capital and mental health
sought to establish:(1)'quality of evidence'(assessed in terms of study design, methods used …

Objective To investigate the relation between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms in
individuals with above average predisposition for psychosis who first used cannabis during …

There is consistent and strong evidence that the incidence of all psychoses is higher in
many migrant and minority ethnic populations in a number of countries. The reasons for this …

Diagnostic classification systems contain a core divide between neurosis and psychosis,
leading to their separate study and treatment. The basis for the separation of the disorders is …